Commanders Quotes - Page 8

• Nulle cre  ature humaine ne peut commander a'   l'amour. No human being can give orders to love.

  Sydney Samuelson

  Order, Giving, Amour

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• As Commander in Chief, I will maintain the strongest military in the world, keep faith with our troops and go after those who would do us harm. But after a decade of war, I think we all recognize we've got to do some nation building here at home, rebuilding our roads, our bridges and especially caring for our Veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom.

  Barack Obama

  Military, War, Home

  Source: genius.com

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• I did join the Revolutionary Guard, but I was simply a simple Revolutionary Guard, never a commander.

  Akbar Ganji

  Simple, Revolutionary

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• We cannot distinguish truth from falsehood, right from wrong, or know what obedience we owe to the magistrate, or what we may justly expect from him, unless we know what he is, why he is, and by whom he is made to be what he is.... I cannot know how to obey unless I know in what, and to whom; nor in what unless I know what ought to be commanded; nor what ought to be commanded unless I understand the original right of the commander, which is the great arcanum.

  Algernon Sidney

  May, Obedience, Made

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• I hadn't mentioned, but Ching Shih is a pretty villainous character. She is a real person, but she was a pirate commander, so she probably murdered a lot of people.

  Anita Sarkeesian

  Real, Character, People

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Through my time in the military and my deployments, I have recognized the importance of having a Commander in Chief who will not only go after those who threaten the safety and security of the American people, but who will also exercise good judgment and foresight in stopping these failed interventionist wars of regime change that have cost our country so much in human lives, untold suffering, and trillions of dollars.

  Tulsi Gabbard

  Country, Military, War

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Gary Berntsen, head of the CIA in Afghanistan there, he was a field commander. And he has a book out called "Jawbreaker." And he says we missed an opportunity at Tora Bora to get him. We put resources elsewhere. That's been a critique of the administration. Did we miss opportunities?

  Alan Colmes

  Book, Opportunity, Missing

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.

  Hillary Clinton

  President, Trump, Chiefs

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• The darkest days in my life after the war, after the war, was when I discovered that the ... most of the members and commanders of the Einsatz group that were doing the killings, not even in gas chambers, but killing with machine guns, had college degrees from German universities and PhD's and MD's. Couldn't believe it.

  Elie Wiesel

  War, Believe, Gun

  Source: www.nobelprize.org

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• The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Responsibility, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• A commander should have a profound understanding of human nature, the knack of smoothing out troubles, the power of winning affection while communicating energy, and the capacity for ruthless determination where require by circumstances. He needs to generate an electrifying current, and to keep a cool head in applying it.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Determination, Winning, Should Have

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• Imagine being able to make it difficult for an ISIS commander to talk to his fighters in the field just by placing a piece of malware on his computer network.

  Dina Temple-Raston

  Isis, Pieces, Able

  "Cyber Bombs Reshape U.S. Battle Against Terrorism". "All Things Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. September 12, 2016.

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• The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.

  Tim Kaine

  Character, Issues, Want

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership.... I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the commander was incompetent, and quietly worked to undermine his authority.

  William H. McRaven

  Military, Authority, Aspect

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• Jim Stavridis is the former NATO commander who is sometimes on people's lists, also very plausible, self-possessed, someone with sobriety.

  David Brooks

  Self, People, Sobriety

  "Shields and Brooks on the Hillary Clinton veepstakes, the latest Trump-Cruz dustup". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. July 22, 2016.

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• The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. No. 2, lifting the boot of Washington off of the back of the necks of small businesses so that people can have jobs again, wages can come back again, fighting for the working class, you are getting hammered by Washington. And, No. 3, keeping this country safe, a strong commander in chief we can trust to keep us safe. That's what I'm looking for.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Strong, Jobs

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. July 18, 2016.

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• I think it is appropriate when you look at the test that you have to meet to be commander-in-chief for Americans to be thoughtful about, you know, who has the experience and the approach that is best likely to work.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thoughtful, Thinking, Looks

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Bush and his commanders in the war on terrorism are willing to waste non-terrorists to kill terrorists. Right or wrong, that is not caring about the dignity of every life.

  David Corn

  War, Caring, Waste

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• We need a president who will lead with a stronger, more consistent foreign policy. We also need our commander in chief to put more faith in military leadership who have all of the combat experience. It’s bad policy to try to micromanage too much operationally and tactically from a desk in the Oval Office.

  Lee Zeldin

  Military, Office, Trying

  "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.

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• I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to the contrary, notwithstanding.

  William Weld

  Thinking, Would Be, Chief Executives

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Mao lived very much like the rank and file of the Red Army. After ten years of leadership of the Reds, after hundreds of confiscations of property of landlords, officials and tax collectors, he owned only his blankets, and a few personal belongings, including two cotton uniforms. Although he is a Red Army commander as well as chairman, he wore on his coat collar only two Red bars that are the insignia of the ordinary Red soldier.

  Edgar Snow

  Army, Years, Two

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I trust Hillary Clinton as president and commander in chief, but the thought of Donald Trump as commander in chief scares me to death.

  Tim Kaine

  Scare, President, Clinton

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Why do soldiers fight? They join because they believe in a higher cause -- protecting religion, their nation, defending against a foreign nation. But why do soldier stay and fight? Soldiers aren't individuals. They are part of a unit. And that unit is led by a commander. If they don't trust their commander ... if there is no leadership, there is nothing.

  Peter R. Mansoor

  Leadership, Believe, Fighting

  "What's wrong with the Iraqi army?" by Ashley Fantz, www.cnn.com. May 26, 2015.

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• We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America.

  Jeremiah Denton

  Country, Grateful, Opportunity

  National POW/MIA Recognition Day speech, www.afoutreach.af.mil. 2003.

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• It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.

  Hillary Clinton

  People, Worry, Information

  Source: time.com

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